defense and law enforcement but he was an army officer and the fbi special agent before coming to the u.s. congress. he now has a very important and pivotal role in the house as chairman of the intelligence community. house intelligence committee. intelligence community as you all probably know does the authorizing for intelligence activities and functions and oversight capacity, as well in this respect, congress and rogers has done quite well shepherding three bills to completion of those four. and all the while developing a reputation for bipartisanship, which and washed and nowadays is quite a rare and special thing. congressman rogers has no grasp the nettle of the cybersecurity issue, which has loomed very large of light. and it's an issue with which the institute itself, i i ss is closely associated. so with that i would like to bring congressman rogers to the podium. he will speak for essentially, as long as he wishes to speak and then we will follow up with q&a and wrap up in an hour. congressman. >> thank you very much. well, good morning. thanks. i ran a little behind. someo